00697_Ambassadorial.xmlWALTER F. MONDALE: An Inventory of His Ambassadorial Papers at the Minnesota Historical
SocietyFinding aid prepared by Minnesota Historical Society.Processing and encoding funded in large part by a grant from the National
Endowment for the Humanities, July 2008-June 2010.Minnesota Historical SocietySt. Paul, MN.

The papers include materials regarding Mondale's appointment and confirmation
as U. S. Ambassador to Japan, and memorabilia and clippings about his
experience and resignation. Topical files contain memoranda, correspondence,
research, and notes drafted by both Ambassadorial staff, other government
officials, and Mondale. Meeting and issue files touch on a wide range of
subjects at issue for Japan and the United States. Organized
chronologically, these files contain background information, correspondence,
notes, and related materials for official meetings, speeches, and social
visits. Speech transcripts and video and sound recordings made throughout
his ambassadorship are also included.

Digital version of letter from Genta Hawkins Holmes to Walter J.
[sic] Mondale, June 9, 1993.

Hearings before the Joint Committee on the Organization of
Congress, United States Senate, United States House of
Representatives. Testimony of Walter F. Mondale, Former Vice President of
the United States, July 1, 1993.1 stenographic transcript.Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United
States Senate, Ambassadorial Nominations, July 28, 1993.Mondale's Personal History in Japan, 1993-1994.

Filed as two sets, each organized in chronological order, that overlap in
some cases, but not completely. The first set includes printed copies of
speech transcripts. The second set has printed copies of speech
transcripts, some with handwritten annotations, different versions, or
with press releases of a speech transcript. A memorandum found in the
1996 file of the second set describes them as copies that Mondale wanted
to save. There are also drafts for two speeches given by Mondale in 1997
reflecting on the major themes of his ambassadorship.

Includes photographs of Walter Mondale at various events,
dinners, openings, trips in Japan, and with visitors to the
Embassy and Residences. Also includes photographs of Joan
Mondale, Secretary of Defense William Perry, dignitaries,
baseball player Hideo Nomo, and many others.

On February 23, 1998 President Clinton appointed former vice-president Walter
Mondale as his special envoy to Indonesia for talks with Indonesia's
President Soeharto (Suharto) at a time when Indonesia was facing financial
instability and a deteriorating economic and political situation. The talks
took place on March 3, 1998 and centered around financial reforms needed in
Indonesia before a significant loan from the International Monetary Fund
would be granted. Shortly after Mondale's trip to Indonesia Soeharto was
re-elected as President, but continued economic instability and political
demonstrations led him to resign on May 21, 1998.

This series includes correspondence, research, newspaper and magazine
articles, trip itinerary and schedule information, and talking points and
media statements.